Pencil-holder.



PATENTBD DEC. 17, 1907.

S. M. LEWIS. PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1905.

s V. e n r O t L A UNITED. STATES STEPHEN M. LEWIS, or PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

Speeification of Letters IPatent.-

Patented Dec. 1'7, I907.

Application filed September 18. 1905- Serial No. 278.997.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be i'tknown that I, STEPHEN M. Lawrs, a citizen of the United States; residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Pencil-Holder, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to pencil holders of that character designed for holding pencils and the like within pockets of garments.

The ob'ect of the invention is to rovide a clip-like evice designed to engage t e pocket and having means whereby the same can not be accidentally pulled out of position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character formed in. a single piece of metal and having means of novel form and arrangement whereby pencils of different contours can be firmly gripped and sup' ported.

point of the pencil to be readily inserted therebetween.

, With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certaln novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferredform of the invention.

In said'drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the'holder in position upon a ocket. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the older removed from the pocket. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the holder 1s formed. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of thedevice. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5, Fig. 4.

Referring to Fig. 3 of the drawing which represents the blank from which the holder is formed it will be seen that the same consists of a body 1 having a tongue 2 extending from one end thereof'and having its terminal rounded. The end portion of this tongue is provided with a plurality of V-shaped 1ncisions along thelongitudinal center thereof forming barbs or spurs 3. ,Dia onal clefts are cut into the lon itudinal e ges of the tongue to form additional barbs or s urs 4, the points of all of these barbs being directed toward the body 1. Another tongue 2* extends in the opposite direction from body 1 and its longitudinal edges gradually converge and mer e into a rounded end. Wings 6 are formed a ong the longitudinal edges of the tongue 2 and close to body 1. These wings are in the form of elongated ovals and are for about one-half their length spaced fromthe tongue 2 there being slots 5 formed between them and the tongue, each slot ter-- minating at its inner end inan enlargement 2 is also curved away from the tongue 2 as indicated at 9 so as to permit a finger to readily engage it forthe purpose of withdrawing the s urs or barbs out of engagement with the abric as has been indicated bythe Another object is to provide pencil clamp-- ing members so positioned as to permit t e numeral 7, shown in Fi 1. The wings are folded along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 3 so as to form a substantially triangular passage between them as indicated in Fig. 5, the outer or curved edges of the wings converging toward the centers thereof so as to form an elongated inlet 10 which extends partly 5 whereby bending of the parts is facilitated.

down the front of the clip as indicated in In using the device the clipportion thereof tongues will bind thereon, the spurs or barbs the clip frombeing accidentall withdrawn therefrom. When it is desire pencil in position the same is inserted between the wings 6 as indicated at 8 p and forced downward so that the wings will firmly bind thereon and hold it in position irrespective of its contour. attached to the fact that the inletopening formed between the wings extends downward in front of the holder. As a result of this construction it becomes possible to insert the oint of the pencil into the front portion of t e holder thereby enabling the user to readily guide the pencil in proper position .to be inserted between the wings and eliminating the necessity of holding the pencil in alinement with the lon itudinal center of the passagle between the wings before it becomes possib e to insert the pencil.

What is claimed is:

A pencil holder formed in a single piece of spring metal comprising a bowed body por- 3 and 4 engaging the fabric so as to prevent is placed in en a ement with the fabric whlch has been in icated at 7 and the two to fasten a Importance is tion, a tongue extending from one end thereof, barbs integral therewith for'engaging a fabric, said tongue having an out-turned eX- tremity, a stral ht tongue extending from the other end 0 the body, elongated oval wings integral with said tongue and located adjacent the body, said wings being folded upon the tongue to form a substantially triangular passage,- the lower portions of the wlngs being spaced from the tongue, said wings having their outer edges conver ing toward the centers thereof to form an e ongated front inlet extendim from one end of the triangular passa e, said converging edges constitutlng guides or the point of a pencil 15 inserted into the front inlet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed' my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

STEPHEN M. LEWIS.

- Witnesses:

BERT WHEE ER, J. M. LIEPMAN. 

